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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-05
SAGADAUOC.

At the regular monthly meeting OF
the Bath ard of Trade MONDAY
evening, President Fuller Presiding, the
inter state commerce law was discussed
bv Mvssrs. DIR 4. J Fuller, Capt Z VI
Whitmore and G. W. LarrAoee in iavor, and
\ \ Williams IN opposition. Mr.. WIlhams
argued hat the law Is wrong in principle in
that it att mpts TO regulate private railroad
property, and that its effect has been To in
crease rates. Tue gentlemen in favor of the
law argued that a railroad corporation is not
private corporation bat quasi public cor
plration; and that because some railroads IN
creased their rates and did other unjust
things contrary to the spirit of the law. in
order to work up sentiment against the
measure, was point against the railroads
aud not against the law; and that the princ-
Pile of the law, which prohibits unjust dis
elimination is just and ought to be held to.
The discussion is to be taken up again.
Two weeks ago, Mayor Wakefield discov-
cred that somebody had been pi!fering from
his office in Ssgadshoc Bank Block Later,
several envelopes containing money belong
ing To the Universslist society, of which Mr..
Waketie I'D is treasurer, were missing A
watch was set and, about FIVE o'clock, Mon
lav morning, a young man was caught IN the
office. just helping himself to more church
funds The youth is OF good family, a mem
Der of the high school, and has been EN-
ployed in the building. He made a partial
confession.
The freshet of last Friday and Saturday
damaged mill property at Morrill, to the ex
tent of over 5000. Mr.. Elisha Merriam,
mill is damaged $780, Hon. J r. Mears',
$500. and Mr.. Thomas Storer' 500
The storm of Friday did considerable dam
age on eorges River. Folletl's dam st So.
Montv,lle was carried away; the bridge at
Woodmsn's Mills was started and the Mus
sew bridge was carried away. At school
house bridge people were ferried across all
dlv SATURDAY, the safer running three feet
deep over the roadway. At Woodcock's mill
there was q wsshout in the road three or four
rods wide and three feet deep, and many other
places are reported where there is more or
less damage.
Winttrport's new corn canning enterprise
is progressing. The cheese factory was sbaa-
doued as a site on account of lack OF water.
ard The works will be al Central wharf, on
which the building 50A2U0 fl. ail soon be put
up. \ 40 horsepower engine will be put in :;
the supply OF water is ample. The works
will employ $50 hands through the canning
season. Subscriptions are coming in rapidly,
and any who would like TO contract 10 furnish
corn should correspond at once with Hon.
Fred Atwood.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-05

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w Church. Angus a. Call on or communicate
with c. b. JOHNSON, Sewall st. apr27d2w
XIyANTED-A girl to do second work. MRS.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-05
STATE or MAINE.
BIZ the Governor.
A PROCLAMATION

In conformity with IN Act Of the Legislature, ap
proved March 10 a. ID. !,s7. |, Joseph X. Bodw-ll
Governor oi ne state Of Maine, do hereby appoin
n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-05
W03lted.

XIyANTED-Board in private boarding hou e or
w family for gentl man, wife, by Of ten. t.o
girls. eight and five years. for the summer and fall
state terms Address Box ls0 City. may4dlws
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15
Wonders of stHE usc1c.R Readings
IExchange1

Dir. Stuart Cumberland, the muscle.
neader, has had a great success in Lon
don, the ''sanctum' of The Pail Mall Ga
xette being chosen as the scene of his
experiments. Musrle-reading has not,
s might be at first be supposed, any
connection with pugilism, but is a kind
Of ~mind-reading by touch. Mr.. Cum.
berland's theory is that any exertion OF
the mind produces a muscular contrao-
lion, and that by taking hold of q per-
sons hand, the muscle-reader can tell
what he is thinking about. The crucial
experiment made in London by ME-
Cumberland seems to amount to nothing
short of an absolute demonstration OF
the truth of this theory-which ia
youched for also by our old friend Col.
Olcott, of the Theosophical society. Mr..
Grant Allen thought Of an object not in
the sanctum at all, aaA Mr.. Cumberland
then proceeded to fnd it blindfolded.
Taking Mr.. Allen by the hand, he made
. Decline for No. Z Northumberland
street, and here the great moment came.
Mr.. Allen thought that he had thought
of something at No. Z, whereas he hac
really thought of something al
No. 6. On this being called ia
his attention in an inaudible whisper
by the only other person whd
was in the secret, straightway MI. Cunt
berland pulls Mr.. Allen off to No. 6.
They enter the house, upstairs they go,
Mr.. Allen is led by the muscle-reader to
she drawer Of a table, then round to an
ottoman, of which be lifts the lid, and
from it he pulls out a strengthening
object, a 'hunch'-or, as we should say.
q hunk of bread-the very bunch OF
hunk given eighteen years ago to the
amateur casual of The Pail Mall, Me-
Greenwood, for supper in Lambeth
work-house. It is needless to say that
It was of this very hunk that Mr.. Aller
I bad been thinking.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15

-. 1,lvou hopeless case was q sIlaH
boy, whose duty it was to stand by and
nand paper, combs, brush, towel or what
ever might be needed by the barber. He
stood at the elbow of the chair whilst /
was being shaved, with his foot half a
foot from mine, his lips slightly parted,
and a pair of gray-brown eyes unnatu-
rally d%istended, fixed upon my face.
fancy he was in a condition Of modified
catalepsy. At any rate, he neither
moved nor spoke whilst the barber
rasped me.
It was the most villainous shave I ever
suffered. A dinner-knife would have
been for the purpose a luxurious article
compared with the razor. / besought
the barber to let me off, but without
avail. It was the opportunity Of
a lifetime, and he would not
limit its duration to any volun-
tary act. We had brought Ito,
our guide, with us, a necessary precau-
zion; otherwise before we could have
made our protests understood we might
have had a few bald places artistically
arranged on our heads, and perhaps our,
eyebrows shaved off in the manner of
the japanese. After much haranguing,
Ito induced the man to let me go, to the
manifest disappointment Of the crowd,
who were only consoled BY seeing the
young gentleman from Glasgow take the
chair, Finally the barber charged one
and eight-pence for his fendish work,
which, considering we had left the
United States, seemed dear for a shave.
The price to a native would have been
two pence half penny at most, and he
would, in addition, have had his ears
and nostrils shaved and his hair brushed
and OILED.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15
IRRITATION OYSTERS.
"A Travellers Tale of oyster Faotsries
in Paris
New York Sum-.

New York Sum-.
"The most singular thing that | ssw
b Paris" said o gentleman just re-
turned from Europe, was artificial
oysters; not what you call mock oysters,
ahat is, meat done up in a patty or a
potpie, bat an imitation Of the real
bivalve and 1T TO serve raw. And as
far as their looks So, Sou would say at
once that they were genuine American
oysters, but when you came to eat n
the difference would be perceptible
at once. How they are made
end what is used in their manu-
facture is a mystery I did not solve,
but it is certain that i great deal of
money is made by the producers. The
usual price is 5 cents each, and some
times in the second-class eating houses
they are to be had for 3 cents, though
they are not apt to be fresh at that
price You order a plate on the ha +
she'll, and when the waiter brings them
TO you they look Just as nice as those
you get in the best New York places.
If you are not a good judge of oysters
you will eat them with your fwine and go
away without asking any questions.
"Ihe only thing genuine about them
is the shells. The manufacturers buy
secondhand shells from restaurant
keepers at a small expense, and with a
sort of paste, fasten the spurious oys-
ter in its place. Only one-half a shell
is used for the purpose, and in that
shape the fraud oysters are packed on
shelves in boxes. Others, to be served
without the she'll are put up in cans
containing twenty-five or 100. The
dealers in real oysters urge the saloon
keepers to break up their shells as fast
as their contents are consumed, and
even pay the cooks and walters topound
them to pieces.
"Do we have any manufactured oys.
tiers in this country?" a reporter in.
quired Of a Fulton market oysterman.
eyes, sir" he replied; the Standard
Oil company and several other similar
concerns are manufacturing oysters into
lamp wicks, warranted to burn oil or
lamps, and I think it's an Internal"
Hold on" exclaimed the reporter,
shat is not what I NEAR. What | want
to know is, do they make an imitation
oyster that could be sold as the real
%article?"
"Not that I know Of. I do not think
they have come to that yet. What is
more, I do not think it would pay, that
is, just at present; but We cannot tell
what we will come to if any more oil
is dumped in the bay and rivers. At
present the finest oysters sre 2 or 3
cents apiece, and I should say they
could not be initiated and sold for that
price,"
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15
The Bo.tonian,. Voice.

Boston Cor. Philadelphia Times1
The very tone Of a Bostonian's voics
has a gentle, dog-eared curve, 50 to
speak, that suggests frequent handling,
q mellow turning of tones, a readiness
to go on or turn back until the question
Is made quite clear to us. There is O
detailed touch in the voice that answers
and questions US that seens to fold
about its words in a kind of patient.
loving naturalness and to close about
the spirit of the listener in a subtitle en-
couragement to the idea value he has
somewhere placed upon himself. The Dos.
tonian listens as well as he talks. His
interrogation is perfectly sincere. He
means you should bring your facts end
theories to the front. If he sounds the
'spersonal note" in himself he rings your
own out with quite as beneticent impair
tiaItY. Emerson is said to have been
an almost too good listener. He listened
to your smallest fact with an expectant
attention that shriveled your conscious
ness into nothing. But one of Emerson's
most potent charms, is the sense of room
that he seems to offer to the humblest-
not only the sense of room, but that he
causes us to feel that he has given ua
almost of his very identity-so gracious,
70 impartial IN his view and sympathy,
Karsen's Prophecy Of ha1IoontnE
New York Express.]
aBut about the balloons"
well, having lightness with power.
We should not need enough balloon fog
actual lifting power and we could at
tain a very high velocity. You could
hold a ten-horse power motor out "a
four hand, and, once in the air, with
Eve pounds Of coal, could the eonsump.
tion be made direct. the little iigger
could go anywhere. Nobody would
want to ascend to great heights where
the airs resistance to the propeller
would decrease, but skim along ovaF
the trees and houses like q bird above
| the water. The rudders could all be
worked, and your ballastless balloon
could he raised or lowered, turned to
the right or left, by the motor itself.
and a boy could do all the work. Such
an arrangement would scarcely do fer
| heavy freight, but it coadd carry par
sengers, and mail matter, and express
| parcels, and move readily at eighty Sc
| 100 miles an hour. IT we oxa selse tke
power question We can do anytsAsW
%4-- -
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15
A. PERENNIAL REsoRT
atlantic City Said To ase Warm In
Hrt1..An. 7 -nnnl I'm &uxnarAor

atlantic City Said To ase Warm In
Winter and Cool i'm Summer.
1t has been said by poetical Philadel-
phians that Atlantic City is Philadel.
phia's Coney island. This is very vilely
Iibelous, but I will leave it to the cours
20 decide on which side the libel falls.
For the benefit of those VINO imagine
Atlantic City to be a row Of hotels and
shooting galleries facing the cean, l
will briefly describe it as resembling
the probable result had some acquisi-
tive cyclone, sweeping up boarding
houses, cottages and skating Kinks on
it's way across the continent, suddenly
dropped them in a retired spot OF the
coast before skimming over the sea.
Or it might be fancied that some
gigantic fair had offered a prize for
boarding-houses, and that disappointed
competitors pooled their efforts and
combined on the aforesaid freckle.
1t is said there are 5000 Inhabitants
in Atlantic City. Every n runs at
least n clearinghouse or hotel, and
this gives you an idea of tae amount of
accommodation you ear expect if you
60. To go and choose after your ar
rival is wise. Most persons OF a credu-
lous turn are advised by some friend,
generally q Phila6eiphiaas t. SO to
such-and-such a house. On arrival
the wayfarer finds that the affair IS ha't
a mile from the beach and * painted
pink. Still, if he wishes to move, he
can lave his choice. There are big
boarding-houses and little boarding.
houses, middle-sized clearinghouse,
and clearinghouse which resem-
BILE a small but fortified town.
There are boarding-houses clean
and poarding-houses questionable.
and boarding houses slatternly ;
pink boarding-houses, red board
ing-houses, blue boarding.hpnses:
clearinghouse painted brown vel.
low, green, sorrel or brindle, and
clearinghouse that cannot afford cay
enne pepper, much less paint. Then
there are hote,s-lots of 'em-from the
grand affair with real clerk, a genuine
annunciator, q register, a telegraph
office, a blue glass conservatory for
consumptives, a bar,a billiard-room,a and
one bell-boy, to the skinny little inn
Will tI1auSuldI 4ooAS, q % AioooS>s
cook, two towels a week, a steady and
destructive diet of underdone mullins,
and a perennial smell of fish.
Unto these come many foreigners.
Every n arrives with a valise, az
anxious eye, and an important and
searching cold. You meet colds here
in all stages of development, from the
bronchial variety with awar-whoop ano
Q bad eye to the latest wrinkle in In
fuenza, trimmed with handkerchief
and misery. Then there is the wheezJ
asthma and the barking Group and the
unutterable catarrh and the muffiee
tonsilitis, no5 to speak of dark-eyed
pneumonia OR the perambulating con
sumptive with one leg in the grave
These fill the clearinghouse, ane
make happy the drug stores andhote1s
keep Atlantic City busy, and feast upo,
the mullins and fish. They all COM
for health, which they expect to get b.
breathing the air when it is balmy
(which it always is not,) and racing
against the sea-salt breeze On the beacl
If they are able, or being blown avs.
By it Il znsy are not.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15
a Most vsr1ainous shave.
tJapan Cor. Cornhill MagazinA.l

I5aban Cor. MagazinE.J
There is no European quarter in Kiobc,
the capital Of the mikados. On the night
of u arrival we went into a barber
shop for a shave, and the excitement at
our appearance increased in intensity.
The crowd blocked up the narrow street,
the first line 1attening their noses against
the window, and steaming it with their
breath. Inside the shop there was a re-
fex Of the excitement. The barber him
self, though pale, was collectedi in a man
ner, and gave me only n cash. But
his whole family were ranged in a group
In the kitchen, which opened into the
snop. The assistants stood around,
from tins to time handing un-
necessary articles to the operator.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15
He Kissed the Governors Wife.
(aCarpn in Cleveland LEADER

["Carp' in Cleveland LEADER
A most v~illainous picture is being
published in all the country papers
purporting to be q likeness of Senator
Vance, of North Carolina. It is a libel
on one of the finest looking men in
public life. Senator Vance is a tall,
broad-shouldered, handsome man Of 81
years. He has a large, pleasant, open
face, a bright, fun-loving eye. and lux
nriant hair and mustache of iron-gray.
He is a very popular man among his
fellow senators, and he car tell more
good stories than any of them. He
likes a joke, and North Carolina is full
of the evidences OF his ~propensities in
this direction.
One day when he was governor a
the state it is said that he was riding
on horseback along a road about ten
miles from the capital, when a stranger
overlook him. The two men fell into
conversation, and the stranger told
Vance he had been to Raleigh to see
the governor, and that he had called at
his house, but that he was not at home.
did you see the governors wife? ;"
said Vance.
"Yes," was the reply.
"And did you not kiss her?"
The man, very much astonished, re.
piled, mo, but she wasvery pretty. and
/ should have liked nothing better"
"Wel1, I've kissed her." continued
Vance, "and never meet her but that
I do So" And, t%hereupon, after enjoy
ing the mans astonishmsnt for a
moment, he told him that he was the
governor.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15
The Lime-K11n Clubs Museum.

detroit Free Press.
The keeper of the museum reported
Che receipt of the following relics within
the last month:
A stocking said to have been worl
by Cleopatra on the day Of her death.
It is just a fit for Giveadam Jones, and
he wears a No. Ii boot.
A coonskin cap supposed to have be.
1onged to Daniel Boone. One who sees
the cap cannot blame the Indians for
wanting to kill Daniel.
A pistol said to have been worn by
Lord CORVALLIS when he surrendered.
A general who would lug such a
weapon around could only expect to
come to some bad end.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-01-15

Peck's Sun: Deception, my sen, 10 xsa
twin brother to fraud, and the stepping-
Stone to theft. Be positive, firm and
asst
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-12
EURoPE's EARTHQUAKES.
The Panic in the Riviera District
Renewed by Recurring Shocks.

The Panic in the Riviera District
Renewed by Recurring Shocks.
NICE, March 11.-A fresh shock Of
earthquake was felt here at / :25 O'Clock
this afternoon, and created panic
among the people. The vibration trav-
eled from northeast to southwest.
CHURCH WALLS CRACKED.
PARIS, March LIE Temps publishes
reports OF an earthquake at Douai, in the
department oi Nord, and states that the
walls of church were cracked by the
shock.
A slight shock OF earthquake was felt
at Cannes at 3 O'Clock this afternoon.
More violent shocks were experienced at
Nentmiglia and Diano Manno.
At Mentone the shock was the most
violent since that Of Feb. 80. The walls
OF many houses were again cracked, and
mirrors, glass ware, ETC., were smashed.
Visitors are again hurrying away from
Mentone, and the residents are camping
out In the open air.
AT Monte Carlo the shock caused a
panic in the gambling roOms. The tables
shook violently aud the players fed in
dismay.
An earthquake shock was felt to-day
at Porto Maurizi0, Italy. No damage
was done, but the villagers became
greatly alarmed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-12
ARRIVAL OF THE RHEIN.
The Captain Tells the Story of the
Grounding of the Vessel.

The Captain Tells the Story of the
Grounding of the Vessel.
BALTIMORE, March 1.-THE steamship
Rhein, Capt. Jahns, reached her wharf at
10 O'Clock to-day. The Captain reports
that he encountered dense tog Monday
night, and being unable to distinguish
the light on the coast be slowed up bis
vessel and moved cautiously. At 4:20
O'Clock Tuesday morning she was going
dead slow, when she grounded
amidsbip, though the lead bad been
constantly thrown. Since the preceding
midnight a quantity OF coal and thirty
tons of salt were thrown overheard.
which did not float her, and fifty tons of
coal were thrown over board after day.
light. Some of the 800 passengers
were transferred to other vessels, and
part of the 400 tons of general cargo with
which she left Bremen were also put on
board other vessels. Yesterday morning
she fioated and proceeded ON her voyage.
The damage to the hull is supposed to be
slight, as she Is not making any water
She will be put into dry dock tomorrow
morning. when a survey will be made.
The passengers transferred reached this
port to-day by Il bay steamer.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-12
RACING ON THE RAILS.
A Train Jumps the Track and
Thirty Passengers are Injured.

A Train Jumps the Track and
Thirty Passengers are Injured.
LITCHFIELD, ILL, March IA south
bound passenger train on the Jacksonville
Southern railroad jumped the track be-
tween Virden and Glrard this afternoon.
Two passenger coaches were ditched and
thirty passengers we're more or less hurt
Among the injured were State Senator L.
Southworth, who was returning from the
Legislature at Springfield to his home
In this city. Senator Southworth re-
ceived internal injuries in the right side
of his body, and it is feared that they may
result fatally. Train Master l.. M. Smith,
OF the Wabash road, and an old lady
whose destination was this point, were
also seriously hurt. 1t is said that the
wreck was caused by running at too
high rate OF speed The train on the
Jacksonville road and one on the Chicago
and Alton road, which run parallel for a
a distance OF four miles, were racing. A
similar wreck occurred month or two
ago
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-12
LYNCHED AFTER TWO YEARS.
Kentucky Thirst for Revenge Not
Slaked by Lapse OF Time.

Kentucky Thirst for Revenge Not
Siaked by Lapse OF Time.
FALMOUTH, KY, March 1.-THE trial
OF William jackson for the murder of
Brode Fryer, in April, 1885, in this place.
has occupied the attention OF the Crimi-
nal Court for the last three days, and
yesterday resulted In verdict OF twenty
years imprisonment In the penitentiary.
At the time OF the Killing there was no
regular examining trial, the authorities
fearing mob violence, which was at the
time openly talked Of on
the streets, and to allsy which
the prisoner was quietly shipped TO
the Covington (Ky.) jail, where he has
been confined for the last year. The ruse
at the time barely succeeded, by the
clever management of the Sheriff and
other authorities. Last night a crowd Of
masked men broke into the Jail and took
possession of Jackson for the purpose of
lynching him. They moved out of town.
along the line OF the Kentucky Central
railroad, and not a shot was fired. JACK
son was taken some distance and hung to
a tree, when the crowd dispersed.